Annam

//əˈnæm// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A former colonial province of China, now part of Vietnam's present-day Tonkin.
  2. 2
    One the French protectorates in Vietnam, located in Central Vietnam.

Synonyms

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vietnam

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Vietnamese An Nam, from Chinese 安南 (Ānnán).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French Annam, from Vietnamese An Nam, from Chinese 安南 (Ānnán).

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